Jesuit Schools Thrive in USA Ahead of Pope Francis' Trip

As he studied for the priesthood in Argentina in the mid-1960s, Jorge Mario Bergoglio followed a tradition that has long been key to members of the Society of Jesus: He served as a teacher — specifically, literature and psychology at a local Catholic high school.  Fifty years later, Bergoglio is Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pontiff, and he is arriving in America as that tradition of Jesuit education not only survives but thrives. Twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities dot the landscape from Boston to Berkeley, Calif. Even as other religious institutions struggle to remake themselves, Jesuit schools persevere.